Rack



T. DUBYK RACK Filed March 15 1922 2 sheets-sheet 1 Uct. 2,1923. 1,469,455

T. DUBYK Y RACK filed March 15 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR.

BY J: i i AT0RNEY.

, Patented Get. 2, 1923.

crisp stares rnnonon DUBYK, or PASSAIC, new Jn3snY.

RACK.

' Application filed March 15, 1922. Serial No. 543,888.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Tnnonon DUBYK, a citizen of Poland, and a resident of Passaic, county of Passaic, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Racks, ofiwhichthc followving is a specification.

Thisinvention relates to an improved rack that is of the type that is adapted to be secured, preferably in a window casing and can be extended to support the line,

on which the clothes arev vpinned, substantially straight, or it can be folded so as to not materially project from the house. a

The invention is designed to provide a rack which,rin its folded position, can be swung, in case it is mounted in a window casinggrso that it canbe extended inside of the house and clothes can be put on the rack or taken from it without the necessity of the person doing it leaning from the window.

. The invention also consists in certain details of construction to be hereinafter more fully described and finally embodied in the claims.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a side view of a rack made according to my invention, the View showing a small size rack mounted in a window casing, the window casing being shown in section. Figure 2 is a detail section on line 22 in Figure 1. Figure 3 is a top view of the rack shown in Figure 1, with the top bar or plate removed. ,Figure 4 is a perspective view showing the arms of the rack where they are jointed together, parts of the joint being shown separated. Figure 5 is a view of a plate adapted for securingthe top part of the rack to a window casing, and Figure 6 is a perspective view of a bar which forms part of the support.

The bracket on which the clothes line is supported is extensible and contractible, and in the form shown consists of toggles made in three sets, the levers 10 of the top set being substantially horizontal, the tog; gles 11 being secured to one end of the upper set and extending down on one side, and the toggles 12 being secured to the other end of the horizontal set and extendin downward, being joined at their lower ends by pivotal connections. It will thus pivotally connected .at' their centers, as at 1 3, and the toggles 10 of. the upper set are pivotally connected intermediate of their ends, as at 14:, the whole device can be simuland l2-being connected pivotally tothe bolt '7 be seen that since the toggles 11 and 12 are -.:5

60v A taneously moved, when the device is eX- T suspended from, their con- 17, and to reduce wear and friction on the levers I usually place a washer 18 between the ends of the toggles, and a ringl9 with an eye 20 thereon is secured on: the bolt 17 by the nut 21, this connection being made at each successive joint, and the line 16 is therefore held.in position, the ends, of course, being secured by knottlng or other suitable means.

The upper pivotal connection of the sets of toggle levers is shown 'in'detail in Figure 4, the levers 10 being pivoted on'the bolt'22,

this bolt being a right-angle bolt, the ends 23 of it receivingthe toggle leversll'onone side and the toggle levers 12 on the other, these being secured in position-first and then the ring 24 to which the line 15 is secured is placed on the bolt, and. then the nut 25, when screwed on the end 23, holds the parts in pivotal relation.

At one end of the bracket the top joints are secured to yokes 26, these, of course,

being arranged so that they can extend or 7 move from each other in a lateral direction when the bracket is contracted, and move toward each other when it is extended, and to make this movementeasy I prefer to provide the yokes 26 with rollers 27 rotatably mounted on the bottom bar of each yoke which rollers bear against the flange 28 of the bar 29. r i Vhen it is desired tel make the rack so that it can be swung horizontally,- or, if

necessary, entirely reversed and swungwithin the house, the bar is mounted on a rod, which rod also supports the lower toggle joint by ;means ofthe collar 30 slidably arrange-don the rod 86, the rod 36 being secured in a suitable foot 31 at the bottom and a plate $2,at the top. The

'plate 32 is' i adapted to be fastened to the router sides of the Window casing, and in the form shown the extensions 33 are fitted against the outside otthe WlIlClOW casing 34, and this plate is shown more clearly in Figure 5, but the illustration shows 'lt.

upside down so as to clearly indicate the cutting away of the flange 85 at its ends,

Window casing. I r

The rod 36, the collar 30, theyokes 26 and usually to a length to fit just Within the the b'ar 29 form a support for the bracket at one end, and are preferably made rotatableflzhe bar 29 having-an opening 37-in-its center, throughwhich the rod 36 passes,

and the ends 38 are provided with openings 39 which are adaptedto be placed in regis I ter With the openings 40 in the flange of the platc82, being secured by suitable bolts ll and the Wing nuts 42. r r

The device is usually arranged as shown in Figure 1 so that it 'is placed entirely outside the Window sashes, and the windoiv can be shut, and when it is tobe used the bar 29 1s released by loosening-the fastening .means that hold the bar 29 in position,

either the bolts 41 or any equivalent means,

and When the rack is contracted "the bar can be swung around, which carries With it the yokes 26 and the bracket,and then the device can be extended, it being shown partly extended in dotted outline in Figure L The clothes can be fastcnedto' the lines l6 and 17, and it willbe noted in this connection that the triangular bracket sup- 1. A" rack pull the lines until they are substantially straight, and the clothes are suspended on such straightened orstretched lines. This operation, ofcourse, is reversed When'the clothes are to he taken in. V

The triangular bracket makes a substanf tiallystiff structure that does not sag appreciably even When filled With Wet clothes, and its operation is easy because the collar 30 slides easily on the rod 36, and the rollers 27 permit easy side motion of the top'joint at the end of the bracket. V r

I claim? 7 comprising an extensible bracket having meansthereon at separated points for suspendnig a clothes line," a

clothes line of a' length to be substantially 1 straight when the bracketis extended, a rotatable support for holding the' bracket,

in d fferv and means to; locking the support ent rotative positions. Y "2. Ar racl comprising points clothes I straight when; the bracket is extended, a

support for-holding the bracket, a post on on which the support is rotatably mounted, a bar in which the post is secured, and means for locking the-support to the bar in reversed'positions. r v q r r i 3. In a rack, a-br'acket formed of three setsof' togglesconnected together todform a triangularbracket in cross-section, a line attached to the bracket at separated points so as to be extended with: it andmeans at one end for supporting the bracket. 7 p I in testimony that I claim the foregoing,

Ihave hereto set my hand, this 14th da (if 'liiarch, 1922. 7 l a rr'nnon on Dunne" an. extensible bracket having means thereon at separated 1 for suspending a clothes line, line of 1 length to be substantially 7' 

